Well, I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays and saw the Rise of Skywalker. I have to say it is a very interesting movie, despite everyone saying it sucked, was rushed and lacked an overall plot. New generation and possibly all cause of Disney fucking up the series, but they have done ok for the most part.
Anyway, last time Robert lost his whole squadron and crashed down in Hope County. His fighter is damaged and he is stuck in the valley county. Will he return to the frontlines and save the girl he loves? Will he fly again? You're about to find out and the results of the Poll I had up will be shown.
Onto Reviews
Mpowers045: Glad you like the chapter. I have to say I did a very good job on it. But that's only because I am the writer.
Cronus Prime: Once again it is always nice to here those kind words from you and the others who like my work.
Spartan-626: Thanks for those kind words. You have always been very supportive of my Star Wars stories since as far back as I can remember. You are right, not everyone makes it back from war and it was a little hard for me to kill them off like it was for three members of Kilo. As for the pilot and Garven flying an F15C you're going to find out this chapter.
Now let's get things rolling. Disclaimers are the same as they always have been. Please enjoy.
Word count for the entire series right now is 646,646 thousand words and reviews for the series is 387. Far more than I imagined when I started.
Also, as of now the daughter of Nick and Kim has been changed to the name she has in Far Cry: New Dawn.
Chapter 44: Top Gun
August 21st 2020 19BBY
New York City, New York
United Nations Building
0945 hours
Normal point of view
Touching down on the roof of UN, the pilot of the Rouge Class starfighter exited their craft while droids began to refuel it. Pulling back her hood, Jana Star also known as Dark Star walked into the building, following the screams of her rival, Ahsoka.
It had been a long flight since she was given her special task of finding and eliminating the Lone Wolf and anyone foolish enough to assist him in the desperate struggle for the backwater planet, he called home. She shot down twelve of New Republic's X-Wings and had shot down the Angel, the fighter of the Lone Wolf who tried so hard to outrun her.
She soon stopped when she arrived on the third floor of the UN building and entered the room where Ahsoka was being kept prisoner. When she entered, she saw her rival behind a ray shield barrier wearing her under garments except for a what appeared to be half a bodysuit covering her top while her legs were free and a shock collar was placed around her neck.
"Comfortable?" Jana asked. Ahsoka said nothing. "Slaves should always know when to keep their mouths shut." She added, deactivating the ray shield and approached her captive, holding a remote in her hand.
Ahsoka looked up and finally spoke up. "You won't win, Jana. Tarkin, Sidious and the rest of your allies will fall. The Republic will defeat you." She said with confidence. Jana just laughed and started to use the force to choke her.
"That's what you think. The New Republic won't make it past our defense's. Sure, they may have scored a few minor victories, but our forces are more than prepared for a fight to the finish." Jana spat, releasing Ahsoka from her grip. "I've got something you will love to hear." She added and leaned close to Ahsoka's ear. "The boy you love, is dead. I killed him." She whispered with a smile.
"No, no. He can't be gone. I felt his presence he's…." she began before Jana pressed a button on the remote. As if by magic, the bodysuit on her captive began to expand and spread across the rest of her body. "A little something, I picked up from Zygerria when we captured your people, the bodysuit you are wearing is self-adjusting to the specifications of the program it is given. In this case, you'll be in a nice latex cocoon. This should keep you from even trying to escape." Jana said with an evil smile as the bodysuit's latex material expanded around her captives' body, growing ever so tight as it reached Ahsoka's face, covering the Togruta's mouth and nose. By the time the job was finished, Ahsoka couldn't move an inch or say a thing before a containment field was activated and the Togruta was suspended in midair.
"He is dead, I killed him and there is no way he's alive. You'll never see him again." Jana stated and laughed before she left her rival, reactivated the barrier and for her enjoyment, gave Ahsoka the shock treatment with her collar. Her captives muffled screams were music to her ears before she left her ex-rival to her torment.
When she exited the room, she made her way to Darth Sidious and Tarkin who were finishing up a meeting with Charles Bliss, Brandon Schaeffer, Anton Ridgeway, Makarov, Tarkin and Trump. The projections of Bliss, Schaeffer, Trump and Ridgeway vanished while Makarov went to attend to his other duties. "I sensed you were greatly pleased in your brief torture of Miss Tano." Sidious said with delight.
"It felt good to see her hope die as she was encased in the cocoon. The late queen and her people did develop some interesting slave controlling tools." She said with a smile. "You should have seen the look in her eyes when I told her that the boy, she loved is dead." She added.
"Are you sure he is dead? The Lone Wolf has survived numerous near-death experiences and has always returned. Until I see a body, I will refuse to believe it." Tarkin spat grabbing the remote from Jana and headed off to do something.
As the grand admiral left the two dark siders alone, both of them looked out to the Hudson Bay. "Without the Lone Wolf, the New Republic will soon be pushed back and victory will be ours." Sidious said. What they didn't know was that Robert was still alive and in the care of a skilled pilot and his wife.
Back in Hope County, Peaches the mountain lion who had blue and brown eyes laid on the bed were Robert was resting. Having heard the sound of a crash a day ago she rushed to the scene and was followed by Mary May, Tracy, Sam, Hudson, Pratt and several others arrived at the scene and not only found the wrecked Angel, but a badly hurt Robert. R4 was intact and quickly explained the situation to them, twice once in binary and one which he translated.
Needless to say, the natives of Hope County were both surprised and confused as to Roberts sudden appearance, but all that mattered at the time was getting him the medical attention he needed. In the days he was resting, the natives of the county brought the wreckage of the fighter to Nick's airfield and attempts to repair the fighter weren't successful. While they were able to fix some of exterior damage, the interior was a different story.
Along with the systems that were already damaged, the weapons, navigation, shielding, sensors and hyperdrive systems were also damaged. Without the parts needed to repair them, the Angel was just a ship just for display and Nick hated seeing a bird like that not being able to fly. This did however give him an idea for another idle bird at his airfield that needed a little more work and some extras. "Think I should give him a call." Nick said to himself and gave a call to an old friend who helped out with supplying the people of Hope County with weapons and ammo.
While this was going on, Peaches was startled when Robert woke up and jumped off the bed before Cheeseburger, the loveable mascot of the Fang Center walked over to him and sniffed him curiously. "Never thought I would meet a bear named after a meal you find in Burger King, or a Mountain Lion named after a fruit." He chuckled slightly before clutching his in pain as Kim rushed to his side.
"Hey, don't get out of bed. Your still hurt." Kim said, trying to get him back into bed. Robert on the other hand wasn't going to have any of it and pushed himself out of bed.
"Like hell I'm going to just sit on my ass and do nothing. The New Republic needs me before someone fucks things up." He stated and grabbed the clothing he wore when he was shot down, collected both his sabers and 1911 and left the Rye house, followed by the Mountain Lion and Grizzly Bear.
When he exited the house, he passed a sleeping Carmina Rye the daughter of Nick and Kim who was also Sam's goddaughter and almost tripped off the porch steps were not for Pastor Jerome who was trying to tune into radio frequencies and determine if the enemy was coming back into the valley. "You should still be in bed. You can't be…" the Pastor began before several F-100 Super Sabre's flew overhead and landed at the airfield behind the house.
"I don't care about that; I need to get back to the frontlines. My men need me and I need to get the girl I love back!" Robert countered, picking himself back up and went looking for his fighter. He didn't get very far before he found himself standing in front of Nick Rye himself who was standing beside Garven.
"If you're looking for your bird, its not going to be flying any time soon. Its beat up pretty badly and the systems you use aren't exactly fixed by anything you can find at an auto shop or hardware store. And before you even ask, we found the wreckage of your squad mates' fighters. They are all dead, but we did give them a proper burial. Well those who's bodies we were able to recover anyway." Nick said with a sad look on his face.
"DAMN!" Robert cursed, got down on his knees and slammed his fist into the ground. "They weren't supposed to die like that! It should have been me, not them!" he cried tears falling from his eyes, like the other members of Kilo he saw the members of Red Squad as brothers and to him family is the most important thing. Carmina's crying soon got the attention of her mother and it took a while for her mother to calm her down.
"Look, Commander. I get that you are saddened by the death of Maverick and the others, but this is war! You've lost allies before, same as me and it pains me to know that I'll never hear their voices again. You think going after the one who shot them down before you're fully healed, you won't be walking away from this one. Your fighter isn't even fixed and we don't have any way to fix it." Garven reminded the Lone Wolf.
"Shit!" Robert cursed. While he wanted to get back to the others, he knew Garven was right on both points. Reluctantly, he returned to Rye's house and just went back to recovering. While he did, Garven looked to Nick. "If we can't fix the Angel, what's the commander going to do for a pair of wings?" he asked. Nick just smiled and remembered something else he found from the Peggie aircraft stash.
A few days later, Robert was finally fully recovered and was surprised to say the least that not only Grace, Jess and Boomer had come looking for him but also the aircraft the people of Hope County were using. All the aircraft they had were from the Korean and Vietnam Wars which were retired, with the exception of the F-5E.
The first swept-wing fighter built by the United States and one of the first jet fighters, the North American F-86 Saber was the most produced Western jet fighter of the Cold War. A single-seat aircraft, the Saber had a top speed of Mach 1.02, several times slower than the more modern F15C and MIG-35. However, the F-86 was armed with six nose mounted .50 caliber machine guns.
Its fighter-bomber counterpart, the F-100 Super Saber was several times faster with a top speed of Mach 1.3, was armed with four nose mounted 20mm cannons and could carry up to four missiles, two rocket pods or four bombs, making it both faster and more armed than the Saber.
Next to it was the plane nicknamed 'The Last Gunfighter'. The Vought F-8 Crusader was used by both the Marine Corps and Navy during the Vietnam War. Compared to the Super Saber and Saber, the Crusader was far faster than both Korean War aircraft and was the very aircraft that photographed the IRBMS the Soviets were setting up during the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962.
The Crusader was also a carrier-based aircraft, meaning it could be launched from either an airbase or aircraft carrier. Armed with four 20mm cannons mounted in the lower fuselage and able to carry four missiles, bombs or rocket pods gave the Crusader an advantage in air combat before it was retired in 1976. But it along with the Douglas A-1 Sky Raider proved that aircraft still needed a weapon for close in dogfighting.
While the F-100 Super Saber was faster than the F-86 Saber and both were slower than the Crusader, they were nothing compared to the F-4E Phantom. The primary air-superiority fighter of the Vietnam war. The Phantom's top speed was Mach 2.23 making it faster than any of the other aircraft the valley had. When it was constructed, it was built to carry only missiles due to the war department at the time believed that missiles would eliminate the need for guns on military aircraft.
Other nations such as Russia and England thought otherwise and gave their aircraft cannons compared to the United States. During the war, missiles were sometimes unreliable and would loose track of their target and caused pilots to fire another missile to ensure their target was destroyed from range often found themselves on the tail of a MIG-21, too close for a missile.
The E model was equipped with a 20mm cannon mounted under the nose and soon the Phantom could go in for the kill with its new gun and unlike the other aircraft required a pair of two pilots, one to fly and one operate the electronic equipment. While it was retired in the late 1990's, the Japanese continued to use the F4 and built one hundred and forty units of their version of the F4, the F4EJ which featured the same features as the F4E.
The F86 and F100 were modified and were capable of reaching the same speeds as the F8 Crusader and all of the aircraft could carry more ammo for their guns. The .50 calibers of F86 were loaded with armor-piercing explosive rounds, making them more effective against enemy fighters like the F22 and SU-47.
Along with a few A-10's and one F15C that were fixed up, the final aircraft was the one that was replaced by the newer and slower F/A-18 Hornet. The Grumman F14D Super Tomcat, a double seater carrier-based fighter built for the United States Navy as an air-superiority fighter with variable swept wings.
While it wasn't as fast as the F15C, the F14D was faster than the F86, F100, F5, F8 and F4 with a top speed of Mach 2.34. Aside from ten hardpoint, the Super Tomcat was armed with an internal 20mm cannon with six-hundred and seventy-five rounds of ammo. In fact, the aircraft was one of the stars of the 1986 movie Top Gun and served as the basis for the VF-1 Valkyrie from the Robotech series.
From what Robert could tell, the Super Tomcat was still being worked on and needed a bit more work before it was air-worthy. When R4 rolled up beside him, he looked to his droid and back to the wrecked Angel. While most of its systems were damaged, the Astromech systems for the fighter were still intact. While Hope County didn't have the materials to fix up his fighter, Robert had a feeling that he might be able to fly the Super Tomcat like he did before. "What do you think buddy, you up for a challenge?" Robert asked his companion. R4 just beeped happily and grabbed a few tools to help with the plan.
"Look, I know you are a flyer like myself, but I think you should pay a visit to the weapons dealer down by the Copperhead Rail Yard, there are still a few pockets of Peggie's in the valley and they are just as dangerous as they were when old John was still alive." Nick said walking over to the Super Tomcat with a few tools of his own. "Pistols nice and all, but you need something with a bit more punch." He added.
Robert nodded and grabbed a Ruger 10/22 from a member of the Whitetail Militia, hopped on an ATV and headed for the rail yard. Neither he nor the others at the airfield knew that a Probe Droid had reported back to Sidious, Jana and Tarkin, the latter of who decided to send several battalions of his unit stationed on the Canadian/Montana border to rectify Dark Star's error.
Roberts point of view
I never thought I would return to Hope County this way, crashing in a farm field and losing both my squad and wings. Fate can be a cruel mistress at times and it was starting to affect me. Losing three out of four members of Kilo was bad, but losing my entire squadron was starting to make me feel like it was all my fault that they were dead. I didn't tell anyone, but during the nights I was resting I kept seeing their faces and each time they kept telling me it was my fault that they were dead.
"No, this is a war and people die in war. Not everyone makes it out alive. I should know that by now." I told myself after coming to a stop and checking the map of the county. I wasn't that far from the rail yard and hoped I won't run into any of the remaining Peggie's that were still lurking about in the county.
I soon arrived at the rail yard and found it to be dreadfully quiet. Aside from a freight train that was partially derailed, there was no one around. Either they were all dead or they all ready cleared out of the yard due to the invasion. Strangely, there were no signs of wrecked battle droids or dead PMC's, made sense seeing that there wasn't anything of value in the valley.
Still, I didn't like it and with my rifle in hand I walked into the rail yard. Even with a rifle I was still at a disadvantage. My rifle was a .22 caliber and not a good choice to use against armored enemies, if I ran into a Super Battle Droid the rounds would only scratch its armor if it were made of Gundamium. Still, it was the only weapon I had with me aside from my 1911.
I kept checking my corners as I walked further into the rail yard. The further I went into the yard the more I was expecting to trigger a trip wire or a Claymore. But strangely nothing like that was triggered and I soon arrived at the yard's office building. Slinging my rifle over my shoulder, I opened the door and came face to face with Longinus.
"Welcome to my humble abode." He said before turning around and smiled as if he knew me. "And you… you are Robert. Barney's nephew. Welcome to my church away from church!" he all but shouted and hugged me like I was family.
"Two words buddy: Bar Soap. You smell like you haven't had a good shower in days. No offense." I said almost gagging at the smell. I then looked behind Longinus and saw his collection of guns. "Is that a M30 Drilling?" I asked.
Longinus looked back at the weapon and chuckled. "You know your weapons well my boy. Yes, it is. I found during my travels in North Africa, in the wreckage of an old German Fighter. You can imagine my surprise at finding such a rare weapon and I know it would make a collector very happy to have this weapon." He boomed breaking away from me.
"I know who you are. Aside from Barney's nephew you are one of those Jedi and I can see you are an Expendable now. Don't worry about a thing, here you are perfectly safe from those who would try to claim the bounty on your head. But you are going to need more than just a .22 my friend." He added.
I chuckled and was about to ask about some weapons when both of us heard the chants of several Peggie's. "It would seem that John Seed's followers are still lingering about in the valley. They must be after my weapons." Longinus assumed grabbing an M1 carbine and handed it to me while he grabbed an AKM and stacked up by one of the office windows. I did the same thing, but opted to use the Ruger and save the M1 for later.
"The Collapse has come as the Father foretold. Everything here belongs to the Project! Come out and surrender your arms to us and be saved by the will of the Father!" a Peggie shouted from outside the office building. Peaking through the blinds, I saw what we were up against. There must have been about four dozen or so cultists armed with assault rifles, shotguns, pistols and melee weapons like baseball bats.
"They might have a few guys with machine guns bringing up the rear." I whispered to Longinus before I looked out the window and eyed the nearby watch tower the cult had built two years ago. "Got a good sniping position from the nearby tower. If we can take out a few of these bastards, I can get to the tower and provide some sniper support." I added.
"A solid plan my young warrior." Longinus said in agreement and readied his weapon. I got in front of the door and kicked it open before I fired my rifle. Since my enemies had no body armor, the .22 caliber rounds made quick of them before I dived forward and took cover behind a stack of cinderblocks as Longinus opened up with his AKM. The gunfire from the office gave me the chance to move to the watch tower and take out a few of the Peggie's.
A quick reload of the rifle gave me a fresh magazine before I started to climb the watch tower and began to snipe the cultists. Longinus had already downed a few of them but there were still too many of them for one person to take on their own, unless they had a lightsaber of armor like I do.
Lining up my rifle, I aimed my .22 and hit a shotgun tooting cultist hitting them right in the head before I downed another one right in the heart. I fired at another Peggie, but the shot missed my target and this time the cultists spotted me and began to fire at me. The ones with pistols and shotguns fired at me despite their weapons lacking the range a rifle of any kind had.
The last round from my weapons magazine fell to the ground and I was about to reload when machine gun fire flew past my head. Turning to the source I watched numerous cultists armed with machine guns and wearing both body armor and helmets resembling the ones that the Germans wore during both World Wars. "Good thing I got a carbine." I said, threw down the Ruger and drew the M1. Being of the .30 caliber version, the M1 was far better than the Ruger for dealing with those wearing body armor, well older than the modern body armor. Aiming my carbine, I fired a few shots at one of the enemy gunners one of which knocked the helmet off the gunner while the second one hit them in the leg and the third nailed the enemy right in the head again.
Another series of shots took down another gunner followed by another gunner. I would have downed another gunner, but the remaining Peggie's began to focus their fire on me while a few were still focusing on Longinus who had retreated back into the office building. "Guess it's time for Maximum effort." I joked after firing the last few rounds from the carbine before I threw it down along with the Ruger and jumped off the tower, igniting my Lightsabers.
"JEDI HERITIC! KILL HIM!" one of the cultists shouted and fired at me. Unlike blaster bolts, I sliced the bullets in half and moved in to engage them, like I did with the droids and PMC forces I didn't hold back on the cultists and made quick work of them while leaving their weapons intact by the time Grace and Jess arrived with a few White Tail militia members arrived as I cut down the last Peggie.
"Damn kid, you still got it." Jess said in amazement.
"Of course, he is. He is our planets savior, returned as a lion and a lion needs teeth." Longinus stated while Militia members began to collect the weapons and ammo from the dead cultists. "I assume you came to me for guns" he then asked. I smiled and asked him to show me his arsenal.
I came out later with a pair of twin .44 Magnum Desert Eagles stored in a pair of cross-draw holsters much like Revy had for her blasters, an MP40 sub machine gun with a red dot sight and extended magazine of forty-eight rounds and an M16A1 with the same attachments as the one I used on Kamino before I created my armor. Longinus gave me all the ammo I needed and also stated he had several weapons for the planes that Hope County had been using even a few dozen missiles and bombs for the aircraft that could carry those weapons.
When we returned to the airport, I saw that R4, Garven, Nick and R5 were working on the F14D while a few F4E's and F5E's taxied onto the runway and took off to conduct a recon mission several miles outside the valley. Each of the fighters were loaded with the maximum number of missiles they could carry and were loaded with more ammo for their guns.
Our return was not with our trouble however. No sooner had the Phantoms and Tigers left the area, a Crusader was making an approach to the airfield its engine trailing smoke and flames when it crashed to the ground just a few inches from Garven's X-Wing which wasn't as badly damaged as he thought.
The Crusader then exploded in a fireball taking it and its pilot to hell just as several hundred TIE's, TIE Bombers, Daggers, Morning Star's and Dianoga fighters streaking in towards the airfield with their cannons blazing. Several militia men were killed by the enemy fighter's strafing runs before they could even react. Those that were still alive managed to make a break for several restored M45 Quadmount .50 caliber anti-aircraft guns and M163 VADS anti-aircraft vehicles and started to light up the sky with anti-aircraft fire.
Four Daggers were shot down by anti-aircraft fire covering several F-86's and F-100's which quickly climbed to engage the enemy aircraft while Stacy tried to call back the recon flight for support. As if things weren't bad enough, one of the scouts watching the main road into the valley had just reported that numerous enemy vehicles and infantry were heading directly towards the airbase and were already arriving at Falls End.
"Kim, take Carmina and animals into the basement and hide in there. Grace, Jess take a few guys and see if you lay a few mines along the road before the enemy arrives, maybe we can delay them for a bit. Everyone else, assume your positions on the perimeter of the airfield. They take out our planes, we're fucked!" Tammy Barnes, the new leader of the Whitetail Militia after the death of Eli Palmer shouted, loading a magazine into her AR-15 while the rest of the militia took up their positions.
I looked back to Nick who was grabbing an AR-15 of his own and asked him about the A-10. "The Thunderbolt is still being fueled and loaded up now, might be a few more minutes until its ready!" he exclaimed while grabbing his 1911 from the work bench.
"Just get the 30mm loaded up!" I shouted and dived to the ground as another TIE fighter made a pass on the airfield before it was blasted out of the sky by a barrage of .50 caliber rounds which took out a few more fighters before Garven took off in his X-Wing and quickly joined the battle. R4 continued to work on the Tomcat while I rushed to the main entrance to the airfield.
(Start One for The Money)
When I joined Grace, Jess and Sam at the entrance I soon saw the face of our attackers. "Shit! Its Tarkin's unit!" I shouted, unloading a few rounds from my MP40 and killed a few of the criminal members of that bastards 'elite unit'. Another burst of gunfire killed a few more enemy soldiers while Sharky lobbed a grenade towards several enemies with heavy weapons. The grenade exploded and took out the enemy heavies, but much to our surprise more of the remaining Peggie's soon joined the party and were starting to attack both us and Tarkin's men.
"FUCKING HELL!" I shouted, loading a new magazine into my submachine gun quickly before I popped out and returned fire. I never thought I would be using a weapon the Nazi's used in WW2, but then again, I did use the modern version of the MG42 on Umbara but that wasn't the real thing.
If I were with Rex or the Bad Batch right now, I would have called in an artillery strike but the only thing these people had were Soltam K6 120mm mortars but had no ammo for them. The ammo was delivered but everyone was on the perimeter of the airbase trying to defend it from the enemy.
I fired another burst from my MP40 before it unexpectedly jammed on me. I wasn't going to blame Longinus for this, but I didn't have much time to unjam the weapon and decided to throw it to the ground. The moment I did, the guys at the north end of the Airfield radioed that they were taking a pounding from a few Peggie pickups with machine guns. "Think you guys can hold the fort while I help out the guys on the North!?" I asked Grace.
"As if you had to ask!" she replied, firing her M4's M203 at a few Trandoshans with grenade launchers, killing them. I nodded my head and ran to the north side of the air field. By this time, the F5's and F4's that left earlier had returned and were starting to engage the enemy fighters. I watched as an F4 chased down a Dagger and blew the fighter to bits with its 20mm cannon.
I was so impressed that I didn't notice a Peggie Hunter had managed to get the drop on me and knocked my M16 out of my hands. They would have put an arrow in me, but I was quick to disarm them of their bow and started to beat the shit out of the cultist. I blocked their jab to my face and punched them in the face, before I kicked them back and picked up with the force, throwing them into a nearby tree branch, which was really sharp! "Never attack someone with the Force on their side." I said with a chuckle, picked up my rifle and hurried to the north part of the air field.
The north side wasn't exactly fairing any better than the other sides of the airbase. It seemed as if the enemy was focused solely on me and everyone else was just in the way. I ducked down behind a sandbag barrier as a grenade exploded behind the sandbag. Thankfully I survived the blast, but the same couldn't be said for Whitetail guys that were behind the bags who didn't see the grenade in time.
"Someone seems to have it in for me." I chuckled and emerged from behind the bags and fired my rifle's launcher. A single 40mm round flew towards the enemy forces and hit one of the ground directly in front of a Zabrak heavy killing them and a few other enemies. I then opened up with a burst of rifle fire taking out a few more enemies before I ducked down and avoided a blaster bolt to the head from a Twi'lek sniper. The sniper was soon downed by a Peggie with a shotgun who then turned and charged towards my position with several other Peggie's firing at both sides, Separatist and Whitetail.
They weren't even within range before I opened up on them using two full magazines to take down the swarm. I ducked back down to reload but I soon got my rifle knocked out of my hand by a Peggie brawler's baseball bat. The cultist then took a swing at me like it was a sword and trying to bludgeon me to death. The brawler took another swing at me but missed and allowed me to pull out my Eagles and down the cultist with two .44 magnum rounds to the chest.
Rather than pick up my rifle, I opened up on them with my magnums taking out a few more cultists. The last two rounds fell to the ground and I reloaded my magnums quickly, returned them to my holsters and picked up my M16 before I quickly reloaded the rifle as well.
Despite being outnumbered fifty-to-one I continued to hold my ground against the enemy forces. They called me the Lone Wolf because I could handle most things on my own and I was proving it again. That is until enemy tanks arrived. "Shit!" I cursed and moved away before one of the enemy AAT's fired at me.
(End Song)
The cannon round blasted the sandbags I was using for cover apart and I had no other choice but to retreat from the area. Thankfully, Nick radioed me that the A-10 was fueled up and loaded with two 70mm rocket pods and nine AGM-65's. The 30mm was loaded up with forty-eight hundred rounds giving me an edge if I used up all my other ordnance. I wasted no time in climbing into the Thunderbolts cockpit and powered up the plane, good thing I paid attention to a few Thunderbolt pilots when were getting ready at Pearl Harbor.
"Get your ass in the air and start taking out those tanks. I'll get in my Crusader and give you support!" Nick shouted as the cockpit closed up and I taxied onto the runway. A missile slammed into a parked pickup and two of the tires flew past the cockpit. Undaunted, I increased the Warthog to full speed and took off, followed by Nick in his F-8 a few minutes later.
Retracting the landing gear, I climbed up to five-thousand feet before leveling out and looked down at the enemy armored forces. AAT's, GAT's, HailFires and Snail Tanks were really hammering the Whitetail's, while enemy MAF's and HMP gunships started to arrive and were starting to target several of the anti-aircraft defense's which would allow the bombers to take out more parked aircraft before the could get airborne. "Time to dive into the fireworks." I said and pitched my nose downwards towards several GAT's.
(Start Three of a Kind)
I armed my rockets and would have fired at the tanks, but I then spotted several mortar tanks were adjusting their cannons to the angle that would allow their rounds to hit both the airfield and Nicks house. I banked to the left and focused on the artillery cannons and pulled the fire button. A stream of 70mm rockets streaked towards the enemy artillery pieces blowing several of them to bits before I switched to the 30mm and strafed several more mobile artillery pieces that were starting to do the same as the recently destroyed guns.
Pulling up from my attack run, I armed my missiles and prepared to launch one of them at an AAT that was hammering Jess and Grace. I hit the fire button and the missile streaked towards the tank which then destroyed it and the forces beside it.
I would have targeted another tank but I spotted a pair of HMP's making a run for several of the Quad .50's. I leveled out and lined up my gunsights and squeezed the trigger firing several hundred depleted uranium rounds into the gunships. The rounds tore through the gunships shields and sent both ships spiraling to the ground.
Veering off from the gunships I turned my attention back towards the enemy armor. I got a lock on one of the enemy Snail Tanks and fired a missile at it. The tank was reduced to a smoldering wreck before I targeted another enemy tank and fired a second missile. Like the first two tanks, this tank was reduced to a wreck of metal before I pulled up and began to climb to four-thousand feet. Mary May then radioed me that a group of those big wheeled tanks were coming towards Falls End.
I pulled off and went after the Hailfires. Rather than attack them head on, I flew over them and quickly banked hard to the right and got behind the formation of Hailfires. Lining up the nose of my aircraft, I pulled the trigger and fired the 30mm at the tanks destroying all of them before they could even counter my attack.
Despite knocking out the Hailfires, the enemy armor was still more than the valley folks could handle. I spotted more enemy tanks and acquired a lock on numerous enemy tanks. One missile left the hardpoint followed by another missile seconds after taking out two more tanks. I made a one-eighty turn and was about to target a few more tanks when several enemy fighters started to approach me from head on. Despite being heavily armored and armed with the most powerful cannon ever used by the United States Air Force, the A-10 wasn't designed to dogfight.
Despite the odds being stacked against me, I squeezed the trigger and downed two enemy TIE fighters with a five second burst of cannon fire. "Splash two." I shouted before banking left and returned my focus to the enemy tanks. As I started my attack run, I watched Garven down two Daggers with his X-Wings cannons before he launched a torpedo at a TIE bomber which crashed into the last Peggie pickup down below. My missiles turned my targets to scrap metal.
I had to say I was thankful for these cult freaks. While they did attack both sides, they did more damage on Tarkin's elite unit then the Whitetails did. They still did kill a lot of the militia and were brainwashed by a madman and his family, who killed his infant daughter.
Cannon fire from a perusing Dagger hit my aircraft, but since the Thunderbolts armor was made of Titanium it was still flyable. Quickly, I cut my speed and allowed the enemy fighter to overshot me who I then destroyed with a burst of cannon fire. As the enemy fighter plummeted to the ground, I banked towards a few other tanks and fired my last two AGM's at the tanks which were reduced to flaming wrecks.
I pulled up and once again found several enemy fighters coming right me head on, this time they were Morning Stars and they were coming in at high speed. I looked to my ammo indicator and saw that I had a few hundred rounds left, not much left for strafing enemy tanks and infantry and those fighters weren't going to let me attack their own. So, I waited for them to get closer to me and fired, my rounds tore through the Morning Stars shields and sent them spiraling down to the ground. The last one however did fire its cannons at me before it joined the fate of the other three fighters. "Winchester on ammo!" I shouted into the radio.
(End Song)
I banked hard to the left and headed back for the airfield. I lowered the landing gear and started to slow down as I drew closer to the airfield. As I did, I looked to the wrecked enemy tanks and dead hostile forces which the surviving Whitetails gathered the weapons and ammo from the dead while also looking for any survivors that might have survived the attack and give them the medical attention they needed.
I landed the Thunderbolt on the runway and exited the cockpit once the aircraft came to a complete stop. "You did good up their kid. You really weren't kidding when you said that you were a skilled pilot the last time you were here." Nick said in amazement after he landed his Crusader which from the looks of things had really taken a beating up there.
"The day I am out flown by a bunch of criminals is the day I…" I began before I spotted Kim and Carmina walking over towards us. "Well, it'll be the day that I forget what I am fighting for." I corrected myself as I let out a smile at the sight of Nick holding his baby girl.
"War isn't a good thing. But there is good in why you fight, especially if it's for a good cause." Garven said as he and R5 joined me. "My X-Wing took a bit of damage in battle so it looks like I need a new pair of wings. Rye, that Eagle have a pilot?" the Virujansi native asked.
"Garven flew an F15 for training a few months ago in the event his X-Wing can't be repaired. All he needs is an extra cannon mounted on the birds second intake engine and extra ammo for both cannons." I added.
"Hey, as long we got an extra pilot, he can fly a Mustang for all I care!" Nick said with encouragement. Garven just looked to the F15 and smiled. I on the other hand was more worried about how we were going to get out of valley and get back to friendly lines. Thankfully, the cold war also caused the UP to hide another one of the Big Boy locomotives and a few EMD DDA40X diesel-electric locomotives to use if nuclear weapons were ever used again.
Thankfully, they were found and still in working order all that was left was to load up supplies, weapons and aircraft onto any intact freight cars and get them fueled up and ready to move quickly. From what Jess told me, it appears that the enemy was preparing to launch a counter attack after the destruction of the enemy's ballistic missile vehicles and they needed help, fast.
August 27th 2020 19BBY
Hope County, Montana
0840 hours
Normal point of view
Grazing on a patch of grass nearby, a herd of Deer rose their heads before they ran as fast as they could from a sound that made them afraid. The patch of grass they were eating, was located directly near the exit of the nine-mile-long rail and road tunnel that connected Hope County to the outside world and the sound of fifty-two cylinder's pound the rails and several engines echoing through the tunnel scared them like anything us would.
Emerging from the tunnel with flatbed cars loaded with dozens of aircraft, anti-aircraft guns and pick-up trucks, boxcars full of weapons, ammo and medical supplies and a caboose at the end, the Hope County Special as it was dubbed by Nick and several other members of the Whitetail Militia rocketed down the tracks while on the road several other machine gun equipped pick-up trucks sporting the colors of the American Flag drove down the road. Inside each of the pick-ups were members of the Whitetail's all armed with assault rifles of various types while one of the passengers manned the machine gun mounted in the truck bed.
In the lead pickup, Jess kept her hands gripped on the wheel while Sam, Joey and Staci sat inside the vehicle while comic book collector Nadine Abercrombie manned the machine gun in the truck bed. "Alright fella's, maintain a tight formation and keep your eyes open for any signs of the enemy. That force they sent to attack us means they'll be waiting for us. Gunners, keep your eyes on the skies and land!" she shouted into the radio before Grace contacted her from one of the passenger cars.
"Grace to Huntress. Remember to keep an eye on your fuel gauges, you won't be any good to us if the pickups run out of gas and can't protect the train. We'll be stopping to launch a few fighters once we Sioux City." Grace said over the radio. Being a sniper, she opted to be the radio operator in one of the coaches and help maintain communication between the train and its escorts.
"Solid Copy, Grace. We're keeping a close eye on our fuel so you don't need to worry about us. Just so you know, its going to take us a while before get back to friendly lines so and we may end up arriving sometime after you guys arrive." Jess said. While they did load up several hundred gas tanks full of gasoline, it was possible that the roads would be blocked with the wrecks of vehicles that were either abandoned or destroyed during the initial invasion and it meant that they would have to go off road and possibly take several longer ways around the wrecks if need be which meant they would probably use a lot of fuel.
"Copy that, we'll wait for you as long as possible when we get to the city. Looks like the track splits off from the road up ahead, so you better start driving behind the train. Stay close and whatever you do, don't ram the back of the train." Grace replied before the radio was switched off as the convoy of pick ups diverted themselves off the road and onto the tracks as the Hope County Special crossed a bridge over a large valley where the wrecks of several destroyed fighters laid. "Glad that's not us." Jess joked and just kept on driving.
It took seventeen hours before the train arrived at Sioux Falls in Iowa and when it did night time had already fallen and almost everybody who wasn't working on the aircraft, weapons and vehicles were fast asleep. Everyone that is except for Robert who was helping several pilots taxi their aircraft off the flatbeds before he used the force to lift them onto I129 which would be their runway for takeoff tomorrow morning. Physically, Robert was ready for battle but mentally he wasn't sure he was ready and from the looks of things, was trying to work himself sick so he wouldn't be ready.
When he finally did fall asleep, he had finished getting every aircraft onto the makeshift runway. As he slept, he saw Ahsoka being tortured by Tarkin and Jana in the UN building and he was powerless to do anything to stop them as they killed her. This made his blood boil and he felt himself falling to the dark side. "You must not give into the darkness." A familiar voice said and the dream changed to that of a church. Inside the church he saw himself standing at the altar in a tuxedo as the doors to the church opened and Ahsoka walked through it wearing a beautiful wedding dress.
"This is one of my 'masters' tactics. By using the force, he can manipulate one's dreams to show his target what they fear the most. It is what he did with Skywalker and now you." The voice said and appearing in front of him was Dooku.
"You are a Shan and while your ancestor Revan was a Sith Lord, he redeemed himself and became the Jedi he is known as in history. You are strong like him and your mother, do not let Sidious manipulate you into thinking otherwise. You are no Sith, but a warrior of the Republic." The spirit of the redeemed leader of the Separatist's said before he vanished. As he did, the darkness inside Robert began to fade away.
When he woke up, the sun had already risen and several allied aircraft had already been launched minus Garven and Nick's aircraft. "Thought you'd never wake up." Nick said jokingly and handed Robert an air-force flight suit. "Going to need to wear these in the Tomcat." He added.
Robert nodded and quickly put the suit on before he climbed into the cockpit of the Super Tomcat where R4 was waiting for him in the newly built astromech slot for the fighter. Settling into the cockpit of the fighter, he pulled out the dog-tags he made for Maverick and the others, which he planned to give to them after they came back from Hope County. The lose of his squadron was still taking a heavy toll on his heart and he wondered if he would be next to join them.
His thoughts were soon broken when a call over the radio from an F4 pilot that they had encountered a formation of enemy B-2 Spirit Stealth Bombers were heading towards the New Republic lines. Comm chatter confirmed that the New Republic was launching another attack on the Mississippi and the enemy bombers were heading right towards the lines.
Knowing that they had to stop the bombers, Robert and R4 took off right after Nick's Crusader followed by Garven in the F15C, increased their speed to full power and plotted an intercept course in the path of the bombers. Since this was an anti-air mission each of the aircraft that had been launched earlier were equipped with the maximum amount of AIM-9's and AIM-7's that their aircraft could carry.
For Garven, his F15C's hardpoints were loaded with five AIM-9's and AIM-7's while the last hardpoint carried a six-hundred-gallon drop tank to extend his flight time. His 20mm cannons held a total of twenty-four hundred rounds, twelve hundred for each gun. For Nick, his Crusader's guns now carried eight hundred rounds per gun and his hardpoints were loaded with four AIM-9's. As for Robert's Tomcat, the 20mm cannon was loaded with twenty-four hundred rounds while nine of his hardpoints were loaded with four AIM-9's and five AIM-7's. The last two hardpoints carried two two-hundred- and sixty-seven-gallon drop tanks. All three of them were dead set on stopping these bombers before they could complete their objective, whatever it was.
By the time they had intercepted the bombers, R4 did a quick scan of the bombers payload and confirmed Robert and Garven's worst fears. Not only were these bombers being flown by Artemis PMC and Inner Circle pilots, but the bombers were carrying defoliator bombs which were just as deadly as the cannon. If the bombs were dropped on the front lines, the offensive would grind to a halt.
"Rye to all pilots, take out those bombers. The kid already confirmed that if the bombs detonate in mid-air, they won't turn us into ashes. They can't get through our aircraft." Nick radioed from his Crusader before he kicked in his after burner and fired his cannons at one of the bombers, reducing it to a flaming wreckage. Thankfully, the defoliator bomb didn't explode and R4 marked the location of the wrecked bomber into his memory banks so that the bomb could be recovered by allied forces.
Other Hope County aircraft started to engage the enemy bombers and their escorts, Artemis F-20 Tiger sharks, MIG-29's and SU-27's. The F-8's had the advantage with their four 20mms, but the 27's, 29's and 20's had the advantage in both speed and armament. Nonetheless, the pilots from the Valley county were determined to stop these bombers before they could drop their bombs.
One of the pilots in their F4E was hot on the tail of an enemy F20. The pilot quickly fired a missile at the enemy fighter which exploded into pieces. As the pilot scanned for another target, his aircraft's missile warning alarm screamed into their headset before he and his copilot were blown out of the sky.
Seeing this, Garven quickly moved his aircraft into attack position and fired. A single AIM-9 slammed into the enemy Tiger Shark that had just downed another allied plane. "I've got one. Commander, are you doing alright?" he asked into the radio. No reply came over the radio and Garven was starting to get a little concerned and was about to investigate the wellbeing of Robert when cannon fire from directly head of him streaked past his cockpit.
Diving down to avoid the shots, Garven quickly circled around and moved himself into gun range behind the attacking SU-27. A three second burst from his two cannons downed the enemy fighter which was about to target Robert who hadn't even made a move.
By this time, the bombers were all downed but the enemy fighters showed no signs of retreating and were now trying to eliminate all of the remaining fighters. "Commander! We need some help!" Garven shouted into the radio as he downed another enemy fighter with an AIM-7 this time.
In the cockpit of the F14D, Robert was starting to sweat like crazy as thoughts of his squad mates finally moments came back to him. The Tomcats warning alarms were going crazy as a MIG-29 moved itself into gun range behind him only to instead miss the chance to fire as another MIG flew right him and caused him to fly right through his jet wash.
His aircraft started to spiral out of control, but he quickly recovered. "This is no good." Robert said to himself and much to the surprise of everyone both on the ground and in the air, he turned back to Sioux City. The further he got away from the ongoing air battle the more he kept thinking about his fallen comrades.
Then he remembered that Maverick said he would follow him into the gates of hell no matter what the mission was. The same thing was said by the rest of Red Squad. "This one is for Red Squadron!" he shouted and turned back around to engage the enemy fighters.
(Start Mighty Wings)
Finally having his nerve back, Robert got behind an enemy fighter that was directly on Nick's tail. "Fox 1!" he shouted and hit the fire button. His AIM-7 tracked its target and connected with its target, sending it plummeting down to the ground below.
"Nice shot!" Nick stated over the radio before he went after a MIG that making its way to the which had just left the city. As he did, Robert scanned for a new target only to find himself directly in the sights of an enemy F-20. Reducing his speed, Robert allowed the enemy fighter to overshot him before he increased his speed and moved into gun range.
The enemy pilot tried to outmaneuver him, but he was no match for Roberts superior skills. The enemy F-20 soon found itself filled with bullet holes before it became one of the Tomcats victims. "Can't believe the war department thought to replace this bird!" he said before he spotted Garven with a 27 on his tail and moving into gun range. "Not today you bastard!" he shouted and went after the attacker.
Despite knowing how to pilot the F15C, Garven was having a difficult time trying to get the enemy off his tail and he knew that this pilot was an ace. Cannon rounds from his enemies' gun forced him to break left, getting the enemy pilot to overshot him. While he was out of danger for the moment, he still had the enemy behind him to contend with, or so he thought when streaking towards him from the front was the F14D which had just launched a missile. The missile slammed into the enemy SU, causing it to explode into numerous pieces. "Splash 2!" Robert said over the radio before he flew alongside Garven who smiled at the return of the Lone Wolf.
"Don't celebrate yet, we still got a few enemy fighters left to deal with. We're still a few miles from the allied offensive but we can't just leave these fighters to attack the train!" Garven said urgently. Thankfully, Robert had a plan and rocked his wings before he nosed over and dived to the deck with Garven following him.
The two pilots soon came face to face with two pairs of MIG-29's attempting to gun down several friendly F-5's. "Targets acquired, Fox 1!" Garven shouted and fired another of his missiles at one target before he maneuvered to attack the second target. Robert followed his wing-mans lead and did the same. Four MIG's went down in flames and the Tigers were safe and sound.
"Enemy fighters have been downed. All pilots, make your way to St. Louis on the double. If anyone needs repairs, fuel or ammo I am sending you the location of the airbase, get yourselves ready for round two!" Robert said over the radio and again kicked in full afterburner and headed towards St. Louis, with the rest of the allied fighters close behind him.
(End Song)
While pilots from Hope County were heading towards the offensive, down in the streets of St. Louis, things were becoming very difficult for the forces of the Dragons and 501st. Enemy air attacks had destroyed several allied tanks and walkers coming to assist them and the enemy was continuing to rain artillery strikes down on them.
Slicing apart a battle droid with his sabers, Anakin bought Rex and Cassie some time while they pulled back a wounded trooper to cover allowing Kix to patch him up. The boys of Domino along with Breach and the Bad Batch were also providing anti-armor support with a few Javelins they had brought with them and were hammering the enemy armor and giving their allies more chances to pull back their wounded men back to cover. That is until the enemy brought in several AT-AT's who started to hit their position hard and forced them to fall back to Anakin's position.
"I say again, we need air support! We got wounded down here and enemy armor closing in our position!" Rally called over the commlink to anyone who was listening but all she got was the same thing as before, there was no one available to assist them. "Damn it! Sky Guy, we aren't getting any air support! Everyone's too busy to help us out!" she shouted.
"We have to fallback!" Anakin said as enemy cannon fire slammed into a building. "Rex! Get the wounded out of here! I'll try to buy you as much time as I can!" he said to his captain and drew his sabers. Then as if a miracle happened the enemy walker was hit right in the neck by a pair of missiles destroying it. It was soon followed by the other walkers.
Turning to the source of the missiles, every single trooper looked to see the arrival of their saviors. "Are those Phantoms and Sabers?" Rally asked.
"They ain't X-Wings if that's what your wondering!" Roberts voice called out over the commlink from the lead aircraft. "Call for some armor, we'll deal with the enemy aircraft. TIME TO FLY INTO THE DANGER ZONE!" he added and went into battle with his new wings.
(Start Danger Zone)
Still in attack position on the few AT-AT's that were still hammering the ground forces, Robert lined up his gun sights on the walker's neck and fired. Cannon fire tore through the weak spot and sent the walker tumbling down onto several of its allies crushing them into pancake batter.
"Walker down!" Robert shouted as Garven formed up on his wing. They were soon joined by Nishi, Shinn, Nathan and Vito were surprised to say the least at the arrival of an old aircraft. "Tell you guys later about why I am using this bird, right now we got bogeys to deal with." He said before he moved to engage a formation of enemy fighters that were approaching their location.
"We've got bombers coming in to clear out some these bastards on the ground. They won't get far unless we wipe out some of these fighters!" Shinn called out, pulling his Tiger Shark into a climb to avoid a volley of enemy cannon fire that was heading towards them. The others followed his lead and once they were over the enemy formation, dived down towards the attackers firing their cannons at the enemy fighters.
Dozens of enemy fighters were gunned down by 20 and 30mm cannon rounds and in turn this caused the other fighters to break formation. "Shinn, Nishi. Take the aircraft that broke left. Nathan, Vito! Take the ones on the right! Garven and I will go after the ones that went straight!" Robert instructed. The pilots upon being given their orders broke off after their designated targets while Robert and Garven went right after their own targets.
Garven managed to get behind several enemy fighters and fired his cannon in a long burst taking down five enemy fighters with his guns before he fired a missile at a sixth enemy fighter. Robert on the other hand fired several of his remaining missiles at his own targets and scored two kills with his missiles and a third with his gun. The remaining enemy fighters then broke formation and at first it seemed to be that the enemy fighters were pulling back but instead they were going after the incoming allied bombers.
"Attack from the sides with your guns! Can't risk one of our missiles going after an ally bomber!" Robert radioed to Garven who broke to the left while he broke to the right and positioned himself into attack angle. Their opponents were almost in missile range of the bombers and were about to fire until both pilots got the drop on them and fired.
Numerous enemy fighters were blasted out of the sky as the bombers dropped their payloads on the enemy armored forces. "Bombers have finished their run Commander. I'm out of gun rounds and my fuel is running low. I'm heading back to base." Garven said over the radio and made a beeline for base.
(End Song)
Robert also noticed that he had a little fuel left in his drop tanks, two missiles put still had plenty of ammo left for his gun. He scanned the airspace for targets when R4 beeped in alarm and laser cannon rounds flew past his cockpit. "I knew we'd meet again boy." A familiar voice said over the commlink. Turning his head, Robert spotted a familiar Rouge-Class starfighter bearing down on him from nine o'clock high.
"Bane!" Robert snarled and turned to engage Bane.
(Start Round Table)
Both craft continued to head straight at each other at top speed. Bane was quick to fire his cannons at the Tomcat but Robert quickly pulled his aircraft into a brief climb before he dived down and began to fire at the bounty hunter with his 20mm. Bane however was able to avoid these shots and increased his speed and broke away from Roberts attack.
By this time, the drop tanks were emptied so R4 dropped the tanks and without the extra weight slowing him down his craft was far more maneuverable than before. Only seconds after the tanks were dropped, cannon fire from behind hit his craft. Turning his head, he saw that Bane had gotten the drop on him. "Seems that even in battle you have no honor Bane!" Robert snarled and snapped his aircraft up into a steep climb again, this time Bane followed him.
"What can I say, I'll do anything to get paid." The bounty hunter answered and quickly started to catch up to Robert. "By the way, Tarkin and Dark Star tortured Tano again! I can play you the screams if you'd like?" he mocked.
"Thanks, but no thanks!" Robert answered and soon leveled out at nine thousand feet. "Still got time to surrender. I can promise you a fair trial." He said to his opponent but Bane refused to surrender and instead fired his ships missiles at Robert. "R4, launch all chaff and flares!" he ordered his copilot.
Numerous strips of metal foil and fillings were deployed and the enemy missiles went after them instead of Roberts aircraft. Seeing this, Bane dived down to the ground trying to escape his opponent only to find his craft was being trailed by a pair of missiles. Quickly, he activated his fighter's stealth systems and caused the missiles to lose track of his fighter before he downed them with his fighter's cannons. "Oldest trick in the book!" the Duro's chuckled, thinking he had avoided certain death.
He was wrong and soon found his fighter being hit by cannon fire. Looking back, he saw that the Lone Wolf had not fallen for his trick and had him right on his tail. "Well, looks like you got me." Bane said as his fighter exploded taking him with it.
(End Song)
Robert quickly pulled up to avoid being hit by the wreckage of the enemy fighter and watched as the bounty hunter's craft exploded in mid-air. "One less bounty hunter to worry about." He said and headed back to base.
When he landed, he was met wit the cheers from everyone who had heard his voice over the radio when he returned to the battlefront. "We thought you were dead!" Anakin said while he walked towards the Super Tomcat.
"I'm not, but my squadron is. The Angel is damaged critically, but I think I do have a replacement until its fixed." Robert said with a chuckle. He then looked out to the city. "Guess I am a Top Gun now." He joked and looked to Garven. The Lone Wolf had returned to the battle and the enemy was going to be in for a tough fight in the coming days.
And done! So, what did you think? Awesome chapter right! Come on, don't be shy and be honest with me. So, Bane is dead and it appears the battle for Earth is coming to an end, but its far from over. Until next time, please read and review, happy early New Years and consider this a late Holiday present for you all.